“There are a mixture of people who live there. I know there was one elderly lady who lives alone was in the property, thankfully someone was visiting her at the time and heard the bang of the oil tank and were able to get her out.

“The most important thing is that nobody is hurt. Of the people I spoke to they did have house insurance which is a relief at this time.

“A lot of praise has to go to the emergency services, especially the fire brigade. Even though there were flames they went into that building to get that fire under control.

“You could see how tired some of the fire fighters were, you could see the soot on their faces. Their faces were black, sweat was running out of them. They go above and beyond.”

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